Position Summary:The purpose of this role is to advance the Association's mission in underserved and underrepresented communities; The Director of DEI is responsible for monitoring and mentoring the adoption of the Association's DEI priorities across all pillars, building collaborative and strategic organizational partnerships, executing on KPI goals and recruiting/ engaging underrepresented community leaders and volunteers, and leading long-term systematic change work.
Responsibilities - Grow mission-driven partnerships with organizations serving underserved and underrepresented communities including, but not limited to: businesses, chambers, community-based organizations, faith communities, academic institutions, and social service organizations.
- Align and mobilize staff, Board, volunteers and DEI Committees around the National DEI strategic framework.
- Work across pillars to implement and evaluate the Chapter-level DEI Strategic Action Plan (SAP). The SAP outlines the goals, strategies, accountabilities, prioritization timeline and measures across four areas (Internal Diversity, Internal Inclusion, Volunteer Recruitment/Mobilization and Partnerships).
- Serve as a consultative partner to solve problems, remove obstacles, and facilitate pathways to solutions related to equity, access, and inclusion.
- Convene a DEI volunteer council for the advancement of DEI work in the community.
- Work with Care & Support team to develop and execute community forums that include underserved audiences.
- Analyze service data to identify gaps in mission delivery within underserved communities.
- Ensure work is documented in a timely, consistent and thorough manner in databases as required (e.g. Personify, Moves Management).
- Identify volunteer community leaders in underrepresented communities who will work across pillars and implement a volunteer Recruitment strategy to help increase reach to diverse communities, while also managing volunteers dedicated to diversity outreach.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
- Seven years of experience in program and/or team management.
- Experience in community health and community mobilization is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Proven success in building and maintaining key relationships and meeting strategic goals
- Ability to cultivate relationships with targeted partners/organizations and underserved populations and to effectively collaborate with others to reach mutually agreeable outcomes
- Experience building rapport/trust, assessing needs and articulating a value proposition.
- Ability to mobilize and manage teams/individuals under a shared vision and hold them accountable.
- Ability to represent the Association effectively to community partners, community leaders, corporate partners.
- Proven experience in community service development and sustained program integration.
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Ability and willingness to travel within the assigned territory by car. Travel in this case, is considered time spent away from the office, in the community, to fulfill the job goals. While most such travel is same day, occasional overnight travel or air travel may be required
- Must have valid driver's license, access to reliable vehicle, good driving record and proof of automobile insurance
- Ability and willingness to work occasion evenings and weekends as required
Title: Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Position Location: Los Angeles, CA Full time Position Grade & Compensation: Grade 309 The Alzheimer's Association's good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between $105,000 - $115,000
Reports To: Vice President, Programs 
